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NASCAR Cup Series

M&M's Fan Appreciation 400

Pocono Raceway

July 24th, 2022

Race #21 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 160
Miles Raced : 400.0
Time of Race : 03 Hours 15 minutes 59 seconds
Average Speed: 122.459 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.927 seconds
Cautions: 9
Caution Laps: 37
Lead Changes: 15
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 29 (81%)

Daniel Suarez, Martin Truex Jr, Kyle Busch, and Denny Hamlin — Long Pond, Pennsylvania - July 24th, 2022: (L-R) Daniel Suarez, driver of the #99 CommScope Chevrolet, Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 DeWalt Toyota, Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&Ms Toyota, and Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Office Toyota, talk backstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Cup Series M&M's Fan Appreciation 400 at Pocono Raceway. Photo by Tim Nwachukwu | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	3	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	53	40	13	5	160	0	0	2	7	Running
2	16	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	35	35	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
3	9	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	47	34	13	0	160	0	0	3	6	Running
4	11	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	35	33	2	0	160	14	1	0	9	Running
5	4	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	45	32	13	1	160	18	1	1	8	Running
6	25	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	32	31	1	0	160	0	0	10	0	Running
7	8	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	35	30	5	0	160	2	1	7	10	Running
8	7	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	29	29	0	0	160	4	2	0	0	Running
9	34	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	42	28	14	0	160	11	1	5	3	Running
10	15	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	27	27	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
11	17	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
12	18	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	36	25	11	0	160	0	0	6	5	Running
13	12	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	24	24	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
14	26	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	23	23	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
15	13	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	22	22	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
16	10	45	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	0	0	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
17	32	41	Cole Custer	Ford	20	20	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
18	19	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
19	23	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	20	18	2	0	160	0	0	9	0	Running
20	14	22	Joey Logano	Ford	17	17	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
21	30	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
22	27	42	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
23	28	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	14	14	0	0	160	4	1	0	0	Running
24	22	16	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
25	29	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	12	12	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
26	36	51	Cody Ware	Ford	11	11	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
27	24	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	20	10	10	0	160	0	0	8	4	Running
28	33	15	JJ Yeley	Ford	0	0	0	0	159	0	0	0	0	Running
29	5	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	8	8	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	Running
30	35	78	BJ McLeod	Ford	0	0	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	Running
31	20	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	6	6	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	Running
32	21	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	15	5	10	1	142	16	2	0	1	Accident
33	6	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	20	4	16	0	135	7	1	4	2	Accident
34	31	77	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	1	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	2	2	0	0	160	21	2	0	0	Running
36	2	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	1	1	0	0	160	63	3	0	0	Running

Race Infractions

M&M's Fan Appreciation 400 at Pocono Raceway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Erik Jones	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Cody Ware	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Ross Chastain	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
William Byron	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Justin Haley	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Ty Gibbs	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car	Tail End	0	0	White
Ty Gibbs	Pre-Race to the Rear Driver Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Austin Cindric	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	7	12	Yellow
Cole Custer	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	11	12	Yellow
Ty Gibbs	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	11	12	Yellow
Aric Almirola	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	28	34	Yellow
Austin Cindric	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	37	40	Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	41	44	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	45	48	Yellow
Erik Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	47	48	Yellow
Ty Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	83	87	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	86	87	Yellow
William Byron	Equipment Interference	Pass Thru	122	125	Green
Austin Cindric	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	145	147	Yellow

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Kurt Busch did not race after a hard crash in qualifying. He did drive in practice. Ty Gibbs drove the complete race in the #45, his first career Cup start.
Pocono Raceway
49th Annual M&Ms Fan Appreciation 400
Race Winner: Chase Elliott
Age: 26
Team : No. 9 - NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
Chase Elliott won the 49th Annual M&Ms Fan Appreciation 400, his 17th victory in 242 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his fourth victory and 15th top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and eighth top-10 finish in 14 races at Pocono Raceway.
Tyler Reddick (second) posted his second top-10 finish in six races at Pocono Raceway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2022.
Daniel Suarez (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 12 races at Pocono Raceway.
Harrison Burton (23rd) was the highest finishing rookie.
This is Chevrolet's 34th NASCAR Cup Series victory at Pocono Raceway.
The actual race winner is Denny Hamlin, followed by Kyle Busch.
Both Hamlin's 11 and Busch's 18 cars were DQ'd in post-race inspection.

Race Recap

Elliott wins Cup race at Pocono after Hamlin, Busch fail post-race inspection

July 24th, 2022

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Chase Elliott has been declared the winner of Sunday’s M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway after first and second place finishers, Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch were disqualified following post-race technical inspection.

It’s a series-best fourth race victory for the driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, who now leads the championship standings by 105-points over Ross Chastain and 111-points over Ryan Blaney.

It is the first time this season a race winner has been disqualified.

"Yeah, unfortunately we were doing our post-race inspections, which we do," said NASCAR Cup Series managing director Brad Moran. "There were some issues discovered that affect aero of the vehicle. The part was the front fascia. There really was no reason why there was some material that was somewhere it shouldn't have been, and that does basically come down to a DQ. It is a penalty, both for the 11 of Denny Hamlin and the 18 of Kyle Busch have been DQed. Their vehicles are being loaded in the NASCAR hauler and they're going to go back to the R&D Center."

Hamlin won the pole position, led 21 laps, and ultimately crossed the finish line .927-second ahead of Busch for the apparent win in an action-packed afternoon at the 2.5-mile Pocono track.

But both of the JGR cars failed post-pace inspection leaving the victory to the 26-year-old 2020 series champion Elliott, who now has a series-best four victories – three wins and a pair of second-place finishes in the last five races alone.

The updated finishing order of the race includes a runner-up showing now for Richard Childress Racing’s Tyler Reddick. Trackhouse Racing’s Daniel Suarez, JGR’s Christopher Bell, and Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson – who won Stage 1 of the race - round out the top five.

Front Row Motorsports driver Michael McDowell was sixth, followed by JGR’s Martin Truex Jr., the Hamlin-owned 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace, Petty GMS Racing’s Erik Jones and RCR’s driver Austin Dillon.